# How do I clean a Yoyo Bearing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [October 23, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292 "2010-10-23T21:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CodyJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CodyJam](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CodyJam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/1 "2010-10-23T21:57:34Z")
Hey Guys! I just bought a Metal Drifter from Toys R’ Us, and I want it to be Unresponsive, but I don’t know how to clean a bearing. Can somebody tell me how to clean a Yoyo Bearing? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Vivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vivo/32/419_2.png) [@Vivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Vivo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/2 "2010-10-23T22:03:17Z")
[http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+clean+a+yoyo+bearing](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+clean+a+yoyo+bearing) ---
**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/3 "2010-10-23T22:06:41Z")
Take the bearing and put it in a glass of lighter fluid. Then shake it for like 2 minutes. Then take the bearing out and put a drop of lighter fluid into it. Then finally put it into the yoyo and spin it for about a minute. After that all you do is play with it for a while and let the bearing break in. ---
**Author:** ![XminusmikeX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/xminusmikex/32/294_2.png) [@XminusmikeX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/XminusmikeX)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/4 "2010-10-23T22:08:19Z")
> **[How to Clean Your YoYo Bearing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,871.0.html)** > > How to Clean Your YoYo Bearing! ⚠ WARNING: THE CHEMICALS USED IN THIS PROCESS ARE DANGEROUS. EXPOSURE HAS BEEN LINKED TO SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS. USE THEM ONLY OUTDOORS OR IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA. THESE CHEMICALS ARE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE. IF YOU... ---
**Author:** ![Fatstrings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Fatstrings](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Fatstrings)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/5 "2010-10-24T01:35:05Z")
Can’t express how excited I am to see that people are still using lmgtfy ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/6 "2010-10-25T03:00:20Z")
> [@x52](#): > > Take the bearing and put it in a glass of lighter fluid. Then shake it for like 2 minutes. Then take the bearing out and put a drop of lighter fluid into it. Then finally put it into the yoyo and spin it for about a minute. After that all you do is play with it for a while and let the bearing break in. Ummm, why??? ??? Or did you mean, “put a drop of OIL into it”?? ---
**Author:** ![Vivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/vivo/32/419_2.png) [@Vivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Vivo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/7 "2010-10-25T23:53:30Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > > [@x52](#): > > > > Take the bearing and put it in a glass of lighter fluid. Then shake it for like 2 minutes. Then take the bearing out and put a drop of lighter fluid into it. Then finally put it into the yoyo and spin it for about a minute. After that all you do is play with it for a while and let the bearing break in. > > Ummm, why??? ??? > > Or did you mean, “put a drop of OIL into it”?? Umm… You mean, thin lube? ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/8 "2010-10-28T04:44:00Z")
> [@Vivo](#): > > > [@jhb8426](#): > > > > Or did you mean, “put a drop of OIL into it”?? > > Umm… You mean, thin lube? That’s just semantics… I want to know if he really meant lighter fluid… :wink: ---
**Author:** ![fatjoe298](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@fatjoe298](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatjoe298)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/9 "2010-10-28T21:48:50Z")
You should so silicone recess it too! ---
**Author:** ![hubstack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hubstack/32/7912_2.png) [@hubstack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hubstack)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/10 "2010-10-28T21:51:40Z")
Y do that it’s point less ---
**Author:** ![fatjoe298](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@fatjoe298](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fatjoe298)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-clean-a-yoyo-bearing/20292/11 "2010-10-30T01:53:44Z")
> [@yoyo jake](#): > > Y do that it’s point less Its not pointless at all. Friction stickers suck as response. You obviously don’t know how to mod